090 Mantis catching cicadas(1/2)
Then, he suddenly stood up, a sword straddled the person's neck, and Zhuo'er's face was fading: "Your Highness... I just forgot to take the tea tray..."
Just now, she received Tuoba Zhen's jade pendant and was overjoyed for a moment. She forgot to take the tray away. Of course, she couldn't explain it to the general manager when she went back. Seeing Tuoba Zhen's expression relaxed, Zhuo'er breathed a sigh of relief. His Highness seemed to like her and shouldn't do anything to her, but the next moment, Tuoba Zhen waved her hand and her head fell down, looking dumbfounded, very terrifying.
"Pull it out." Tuoba Zhen glanced at the blood all over the ground, feeling disgusted.
A woman who doesn't know how to live or die actually wants to compare with Li Weiyang. Li Weiyang didn't attract his attention because of her beauty. What he wants is her unique personality and intelligence, even the other party's terrible ferocity has a unique taste. In comparison, Zhuo'er is just a doll with a physical appearance but no mind or personality, and is just a doll. Tuoba really looks at the face that has lost its anger and is similar to Li Weiyang, and his eyes are like the tip of a sword slowly sharpened, gradually getting a blade. He now has a strange hatred for Li Weiyang. What he hates her the most is that she dares to look at other men. He is now increasingly aware of the importance of power. He decides in his heart that he will be satisfied if he reaches the 95th day of the world in the future.
When Li Weiyang saw Mrs. Wei, she was sitting in front of Gao Min's bed in a daze. However, when she turned around, she saw that her arrogant and domineering aura had disappeared completely. Her cheekbones, which were originally tall, were even thinner, and her cheeks were even slightly sunken. The pair of eyes that had made Li Weiyang very uncomfortable, were swollen from the sharp and arrogant crying, and the pupils were chaotic, which seemed to be a little bigger. I don't know if it was because of the grief that had consumed too much energy, but there seemed to be a few more white hair on her temples. When paired with her gray face, she looked even more depressed.
Li Weiyang sighed.
This mother and daughter were blamed for their own fault. She had confirmed that they were sowing the disagreement in front of Concubine De and instigated Concubine De to take active action to get rid of themselves. If they had not framed themselves with despicable means first, they would not have fallen to this point today.
Gao Min's entire spine was broken. Even if he barely survived, he would have to live in bed for the rest of his life, and his bright future would be ruined. This was even more uncomfortable than death for Gao Min, who was arrogant.
Sun Yanjun, who was walking with him, pushed Li Weiyang and signaled her to stand behind him. Then Sun Yanjun walked up and persuaded him: "Madam Wei, I know that Miss Gao is very sad, but you should cherish your health as well!"
Mrs. Wei was in a daze. She wiped her tears when she heard her say this, muttering as if she had just woken up from a dream, "Min'er is so pitiful." Then she suddenly raised her head, stared at Li Weiyang suddenly, and said angrily, "Why are you here!"
In her eyes, Li Weiyang was the enemy who injured her daughter. She wanted to pounce on her and tear her, but seeing Zhao Yue with a cold look behind Li Weiyang, Mrs. Wei subconsciously stopped her steps.
Li Weiyang said lightly: "Auntie's Day."
When Mrs. Wei heard this, she suddenly looked angry and said hatefully: "Li Weiyang, if you hadn't competed with Min'er, how could she have fallen to this point? Everything is because of you..."
Sun Yanjun looked at Mrs. Wei sympathetically. In her opinion, this matter had nothing to do with Li Weiyang. If Gao Min had not been aggressive, Li Weiyang would not have competed with her. Besides, the hurtful thing was also an accident. Just as she was about to say something, Li Weiyang said softly: "Miss Sun, I have a few words to say to my aunt alone, can you avoid it first?"
Sun Yanjun is a generous and decent girl. She thought Li Weiyang was going to apologize to Mrs. Wei, so she smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go out first, and I'll find you later." Seeing the pretentious appearance of those daughters, she, who was born in a general, admired the straightforward and smart and courageous Li Weiyang and wanted to make friends with her.
After saying that, Sun Yanjun walked out of the tent.
Li Weiyang and Mrs. Wei confronted each other for a while, neither of them spoke.
The lady of Wei suddenly felt a sense of desolation. Her eldest son died, her younger son was useless, and her daughter had only half her life left. Her husband blamed her for instigating her daughter to be competitive. Maybe she was hating her at this moment. Her usual methods of treating her servants were very cool. Apart from her elder sister, there was no one in the whole family who could talk. On this not-so-cold night, facing Li Weiyang with a watery face, she suddenly felt biting cold. Because she sincerely felt that she had become a lonely person now.
"Are you here to make a joke?" Seeing Li Weiyang, Mrs. Wei's originally bleak mood seemed to make it worse.
"Auntie, why do I laugh at you? My cousin became like this, and I felt sad for her." Li Weiyang not only wasn't sad, but also felt that Gao Min was responsible for his own fault. But now, it is necessary for her to continue to say, "I understand your current mood, but there is something I must tell you that what happened that day was not an accident."
Mrs. Wei suddenly raised her head and her face changed drastically: "What did you say!"
Li Weiyang sighed and said, "I didn't want to say this, because it would involve many people when I said it, but if I don't say it, I feel uneasy."
"Do you hide it from me? Or do you think I have no ability and can't ask about this?" Mrs. Wei noticed something strange and stared at Li Weiyang's eyes, and her eyes gradually became sharp.
Li Weiyang seemed to be reluctant to speak and wanted to say it, but hesitated for a moment: "I also know that this matter cannot be hidden from you... But if you tell your aunt, it may affect your relationship with Concubine De... If such consequences are caused, I will never be able to redeem my sins... But if I don't tell you, I'm afraid you will be kept in my bones for the rest of my life..."
When Mrs. Wei heard this, her face suddenly changed and her voice trembled. She held the armrest of the sandalwood chair as if she was about to stand up. Her sleeves slid across the table and almost brought the teacup beside her: "What did you say? It has something to do with Concubine De? What do you... mean?"
Li Weiyang sighed and said, "The environment in the palace is very complicated. Concubine De appears to be kind and generous, but in fact he is a narrow-minded person! I heard that you had said a lot of bad things about me before, so I was very scared, so I asked the Seventh Prince to explain it to me, but when the Seventh Prince came back, he told me that Concubine De felt that you were deliberately provoking the relationship between them mother and son, and instead were very angry with your behavior. Aunt, you know, the second uncle of Duke Jiang's mansion had a illegitimate daughter who entered the Crown Prince's mansion as a concubine. Concubine De easily had other associations. She felt that there had been collusion between Duke Jiang's mansion and the Marquis of Bochang's mansion. Your intentional show of kindness was regarded as a disagreement by her, so she was going to teach us a lesson! That day... it was just that my cousin was not lucky!"
"What did you say!" These words were like a thunderclap that shook the soul of Mrs. Wei. She hurriedly wanted to stand up, and she lifted her body half and then fell back into the chair. Her face turned pale, her eyes were dull, and her whole body was shaking, and she looked like she had suddenly pulled away her soul.
These words were originally full of loopholes, but Li Weiyang knew that now that Mrs. Wei would believe these words now, and would believe them. She continued to say: "Auntie, you can't believe me, but I hope you can send someone to check the background of Zuo Yuan. He has been the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard for so many years, and has great martial arts and great archery skills. How could he shoot by mistake for no reason? By chance, he shot in our direction. It was obvious that someone was warning us with his hands!"
"No! This is impossible!" The wife of Wei State did not believe in Li Weiyang.
Li Weiyang smiled and said, "Auntie, no matter how we hate it when we are closed, to outsiders, the Li Mansion, the Duke of Jiang Guo, and the Marquis of Bochang are all family members. Although you have said a lot of bad things about me in front of Concubine De, and although outsiders know that we are not very harmonious, others think that we are in-laws after all, aren't we? Concubine De will think that you deliberately betray me to win the trust because of her, and want to warn you.
Let's have a moment, what's strange about this?" She paused, then glanced at Gao Min, who was unconscious, and said, "What's more, Cousin Min has always been very close to the Third Prince. Others think that she will be the Third Prince's concubine in the future. If something happens to her, it will naturally be a serious blow to the Third Prince. The Third Prince is also a person from the Prince's side... There are naturally many complicated relationships in this. Alas, after all, Cousin is just a scapegoat."
Mrs. Wei stayed in the chair like she had lost her soul, her teeth tightly clenched on her white lips: "Why do you tell me this!"
Li Weiyang smiled. She was not afraid of Mrs. Wei going to verify because it was indeed the one who made the case by Concubine Zhang De. Now she was just telling Mrs. Wei about this fact, "Because I was also a victim. That day, I walked my horse with the Ninth Princess, but someone shocked the horse with a tamed eagle. I almost died under the horse's hooves. The people behind not only wanted to kill my cousin, but also caused our internal strife. Aunt, will I hate less than you?"
"What is causing internal strife?! I can't understand at all!" Mrs. Wei opened her eyes wide.
A layer of regret appeared on Li Weiyang's face: "The reason why my cousin races with me is just a temporary competitive competition between girls. We do not have any deep hatred, but in the eyes of others, I became the culprit for the injury of my cousin. In this way, if my uncle doesn't say it, he will definitely have a grudge with his father. Our two families have always supported each other in the court. If we turn our faces on each other, our power will be weakened. If someone takes advantage of the situation and causes the two families to turn against each other, it is not impossible to defeat each other. It will be easy to defeat them."
"Ah..." Mrs. Wei woke up in her dream. Now her anger has gradually calmed down. She just sighed deeply, her expression as if her whole body was hollowed out: "You go back first. Don't tell anyone when you go back."
Li Weiyang smiled faintly and said, "Auntie, please have a good rest, I'll leave first."
Mrs. Wei gritted her teeth and looked at her back, spat heavily on the ground, and Mrs. Wei's confidant, Mrs. Wei, said: "Madam, the county lord is sowing discord."
Mrs. Wei slowly leaned against the back of the chair, her eyes moved to the roof of the tent like ashes, clenched her fists hard, and her fingernails penetrated deeply into the flesh: "She is trying to get discord, but what she said must be the facts, at least she did not lie about who was the one who harmed my daughter. That arrow must have been arranged by Concubine Zhang!"
There is no need to lie about this, because if she hadn't been fast at that time, it would never have been possible for her to escape. In that scene, the two girls' horses were almost moving in unison. Whether the other party wanted to kill Li Weiyang or Gao Min, the two would be in danger together! The wife of Wei only thought that Li Weiyang was lucky, and would not have thought that she was prepared. After all, who in this world would take risks with her life? It is even more impossible to set up such a terrible trap! She resented Li Weiyang and hated Concubine Zhang De. They originally wanted to use her hand to get rid of Li Weiyang, but in turn, they were killed by the killer she sent!
Li Weiyang walked out of Mrs. Wei's tent, looked back, and couldn't help but smile faintly.
Zhao Yue felt strange: "Miss, why did you do this?"
Li Weiyang smiled without answering.
On the last day of the hunting, the white wolf was captured by the seventh prince. The emperor was very happy and held a banquet to celebrate.
This was originally a very harmonious banquet, but there was a chaos at the banquet. A palace maid was an assassin who had infiltrated the army and tried to assassinate the emperor. However, a master of the inner squad had long protected the emperor and several important concubines. The palace maid had just pulled out a dagger from under the tray, but was discovered before she took her off and took her off on the spot. The emperor ordered people to investigate, and the palace maid immediately wiped her neck and committed suicide.
The emperor was furious and ordered people to search in public. As a result, a waist card was found on the palace maid. The waist card was found, and it actually came from Zhang Defei's palace.
At that moment, everyone's faces changed.
Concubine Zhang has always been favored by the emperor and has stood firm for so many years, but this time the emperor was furious and picked up the waist card and threw it hard: "Concubine De, you did a good thing!"
Concubine Zhang's face turned pale. She had been in the palace for many years and had become accustomed to such things, but she had never seen the emperor look so angry. She was immediately frightened by this sudden disaster and collapsed to the ground. She had forgotten her usual cleverness and cleverness. She didn't know how to defend herself and said loudly: "I am wronged! Your Majesty, I am wronged!"
Li Weiyang looked at him from a distance, with a smile on his face.
Concubine Zhang was covered in tears and kept saying, "Your Majesty is very kind, how could I murder Your Majesty?!"
The emperor experienced many palace changes and was constantly plotted against people since he was a child. He hated and feared these dirty methods the most. He was furious and shouted to his left and right without thinking about it, "Take Concubine Zhang De down and wait for the end." When the words came out, everyone was shocked.
"Father--" Tuoba Yu stepped out quickly, and then he suddenly thought that he should not anger the emperor at this time no matter what. Even if he wanted to avenge his mother, he had to wait until the emperor's thunderous anger disappeared. He could not listen to anything he said now!
"Empress De Concubine must be wronged!" Amid the discussion, a sudden tender child voice said.
Everyone was shocked and looked at the Ninth Princess.
The Ninth Princess originally went to sit with Li Weiyang, but now she got up from her seat, walked out quickly, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed a few steps forward and said, "Father, you must not convict Concubine De with just one waist card."
Concubine Rou stood up suddenly: "Your Majesty, the Ninth Princess is just a child, she doesn't know anything!"
The Ninth Princess mustered up the courage and said, "Father, there are so many people here, what's the difficulty of getting a waist card? If this waist card is really from the palace of Concubine De, why did she have to let that person wear it on her? Isn't this afraid that others won't know? This is a frame-up!"
Everyone lowered their heads. Of course they saw that this was a frame-up, but in the face of the emperor's wrath, no one dared to say a word to Concubine De.
The emperor looked at her beloved young daughter in surprise. She was not very close to Concubine De on weekdays, but today she suddenly ran out to speak for Concubine De. To count, the relationship between Concubine Rou and Concubine De was not good, but the Ninth Princess did not shy away at all. After all, she was a child. It was because she was a child that she dared to say what others dared not say. Even the fact that the emperor did not expect in anger was so angry that she dared to say it in public.
After thinking carefully, it is indeed like this. It is as smart as the emperor. It is precisely because he has always loved and respected Concubine De that he cannot stand this sudden blow and is particularly angry. If Concubine De is wronged because of such a simple frame-up, even if it is made up for it in the future, it will leave cracks, especially between husband and wife, father and son. Thinking of this, he looked at the seventh prince who looked earnest but had been silently looking at Concubine De, and his face calmed down.
Concubine Wu Xian, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke: "Yes, Your Majesty, this is someone who is jealous of Concubine De being favored by His Majesty, so he deliberately framed it. You must investigate carefully and do not wrongly accuse Concubine De of his sister."
Concubine De cried and rushed to the emperor in tears. She grabbed the corner of her robe with both hands and begged, "Your Majesty, I will never dare to do anything to hurt Your Majesty!"
The emperor already understood everything, but he just felt that he could not get off the stage. He just followed the words of Concubine Wu Xian: "Get up, I know everything. Go back and rest first, I will give you justice." Then, he turned to everyone and said, "This banquet cannot be held anymore, everyone will part."
The third prince Tuoba was really disappointed. He really hoped that Concubine De would fall. Although such seemingly clumsy strategy could not really shake Concubine De's status, as long as a seed of doubt was planted in the emperor's heart, it would soon take root and sprout, and it would play a great role at a certain time. But today it was destroyed like this. He looked at the direction of the Ninth Princess resentfully, but found that she was happily talking to Li Weiyang.
It was the ninth princess Li Weiyang who said that! Tuoba Zhen was the first to understand! His fingers couldn't help but hold them tighter, almost slashing blood.
The Ninth Princess asked whispered: "Sister Weiyang, who did you tell me that assassin came?"
Li Weiyang smiled but refused to answer.
Tuoba Yu happened to come over at this moment, and he suddenly said, "Why?"
Li Weiyang interjected: "Princess Ninth, I have something to say to your seventh brother."
The Ninth Princess blinked mischievously, "Okay." As she said that, she ran away with the corner of her skirt.
Tuoba Yu's gaze was filled with disbelief: "It was the wife of Wei. I saw her expression just now. At that moment-" When Concubine De was pardoned by the emperor, Tuoba Yu saw the disappointed expression of Mrs. Wei.
Li Weiyang smiled: "The Lady of Wei just knew the truth."
"She wouldn't know this, except you, except me-" Tuoba Yu gritted her teeth, "How could you do this!" He could hardly control his voice, but tried his best to control his emotions, "She is my mother! You are obviously on my side!"
Li Weiyang smiled, and a hint of coldness flashed across his eyes: "What if I was really killed by her?! How can the Seventh Prince compensate me for this life? Is it because she is your mother, I have to endure her in every way and let her kill me?!"
Tuoba Yu felt inappropriate, but still refused to give up: "But I have already said that I will explain to my mother--"
"Explanation? Is explanation useful?" Li Weiyang said lightly, "What I want is not explanation! What I want is justice!"
"I have told my mother that she promises not to hurt you again!"
"Please?!" Li Weiyang sneered, "Your Highness Seventh Prince, I can't believe the promise of your mother." If the guarantee is useful, why did Zhao Yue find someone watching from outside her tent, and even throwing poisonous snakes into the tent?
This shows that Concubine Zhang has never given up! Li Weiyang didn’t know what Tuoba Yu said, but Concubine Zhang’s stubbornness was indeed extraordinary!
There was a kind of pain in Tuoba Yu's eyes. He felt as if he was living in two cracks. This feeling made him not know how to explain to Li Weiyang. His mother thought that Li Weiyang was not worthy of being his concubine, so he did such a terrible thing. He whispered: "Weiyang, what my mother did cannot hurt you. You are so smart and so powerful-"
Li Weiyang suddenly laughed, and he couldn't stop laughing.
Because she is smart and powerful, can others frame her as much as possible? Think she is a fool?! She turned cold and her voice was like a piece of ice: "Seventh Prince, if I am incompetent, do you deserve to die?!"
Tuoba Yu was almost speechless. He knew that these could not hurt Li Weiyang, so he took it lightly. After all, he was too sure of Li Weiyang's strength and intelligence, but he forgot that she was also a person who would be injured and bleeding, and was also a weak woman. For a moment, he felt extremely regretful, because she had given him too strong impression, so he left behind a wrong idea, thinking that she could handle everything, and involuntarily, he stepped forward: "Weiyang, I'm sorry, I promise you again-"
"No need to guarantee it! Once this happens again, I don't guarantee that Empress De Concubine can continue to sit in that position safely!" Li Weiyang sneered, "I am a rotten stone, but my life is very hard. The Empress wants to kill me, but be careful of being hit and bleeding from her head!"
Tuoba Yu looked at her deeply: "Although you said so fiercely, I know that you are a kind-hearted person. You didn't want to kill my mother today, otherwise you wouldn't let Jiu Mei say this. For anyone else, the father wouldn't believe it. You understand the father's thoughts more than we all."
Only when she is a princess with no conflict of interests, a weak and innocent child, and a pearl in her hand that is favored by the emperor will believe what she says.
The emperor is suspicious. So everything that happened today is Li Weiyang’s calculations.
To be continued...